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Does a man lose weight faster by walking the Kokoda Track, playing rugby, or quitting sugar? Ben Pobjie grills author of The Great Aussie Bloke Slim-Down, Peter FitzSimons.
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| UpdatedBetween 1970 and 1975, three books by Australian authors had a remarkable impact not only at home but around the world.
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| UpdatedAs hard as it has tried, the Church of Scientology has yet to avenge a decades-long crusade against it by Rupert Murdoch, writes Steve Cannane.
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| UpdatedHaving looked deep into the eyes of countless orangutans, primatologist Leif Cocks believes humans have a lot to learn from our intelligent, orange-haired cousins.
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| UpdatedAuthor of new book Feminist Fight Club Jessica Bennett tells how women can fight back against subtle sexism at work, one 'Wonder Woman' pose at a time.
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| UpdatedOur Way Stories gathers Indigenous elders' voices to guide the next generation.
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Gwenda Williams' early life was in a tin shack on the Richmond River in Casino NSW. She went on to work with Charlie Perkins in Sydney and becoming an advocate for Aboriginal education and health.
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At the Our Way Stories book launch, Aboriginal elders from the NSW North Coast give the audience a taste of their culture and life stories including traditional songs and language.
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The drive to achieve a number at the end of 12 years of schooling has become a kind of mania, says Beautiful Failures author Lucy Clark.
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| UpdatedA friend of the British Royal Family, historian and author Simon Sebag Mentefiore fell in love with Russia after a stint as a foreign correspondent and traces his roots back to the Spanish Inquisition
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Simon Sebag Montefiore’s fascination with Russia began as a young war correspondent in the 1990s, but after a few near-death experiences he turned to writing weighty historical works instead. His latest book, The Romanovs, is an epic tale with more than a few modern parallels.
Topics: non-fiction, television, history, religion-and-beliefs, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-kingdom, australia, russian-federation, israel, spain, united-states
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| UpdatedNeuroscientist turned author Lisa Genova speaks to Jane Hutcheon about how a divorce and her daughter starting pre-school helped her pursue writing.
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Bill Bunbury's social and environmental history, Invisible Country South-West Australia: understanding a landscape, explores the connection of people to the land.
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| UpdatedAdam Spencer is a consummate communicator whose mission is to make maths appeal to the masses. He’s convinced the youngsters of today will build the 21st century by embracing the wonder of numbers.
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The Perth Writers Festival will offer opportunities for the public to interact with a "human book" this year.
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| UpdatedEach year the main street of Parkes in central-west NSW comes alive with music, men in jumpsuits, women with beehive hairdos and people everywhere.
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| UpdatedCheryl Strayed is best known for her memoir Wild, which is about a hike she took along America's Pacific Crest Trail.
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A tale of two fishermen who spent 438 days stranded in the Marshall Islands has been turned into a book by journalist Jonathan Franklin.
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Peter Campbell
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| UpdatedA collection of stories recounts childhood life in what is now one of the smallest towns in Australia.
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| UpdatedYou may know of Bill Bryson as a travel writer, but he also writes about science. In this interview, recorded at the Perth Writers Festival in 2005, he discusses his book A Short History of Nearly Everything.
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